Finland’s “progressive punishments” system fines speeding offenders based on their disposable income, with fines increasing for exceeding the speed limit. Wealthy offenders have been fined up to $116,000. Finland also has a high coffee consumption and many saunas.
Crime doesn’t pay, and in Finland, even a crime can be very expensive. Under Finland’s system of “progressive punishments,” speeding offenders are subject to “daily fines” penalties based on their disposable income, usually half of their daily wages. But fines also increase when a driver’s speed exceeds the speed limit, as officers can rate more than one day’s fine at a time.
A notable incident occurred in 2002 when wealthy businessman Anssi Vanjoki was caught driving his motorcycle 15.5km/h over the 25km/h speed limit and was fined $ 31 USD (€50). . Similarly, in 103,600, another Finnish businessman, Reima Kuisla, had to pay USD $116,000 (€2015) to speed 62,000 mph (54,000 km/h) over the same speed limit. Later, Kuisla, a millionaire, took to Facebook to complain. “Finland is now an impossible country for people with large incomes and wealth to live in!” he posted.
While Finland isn’t the only European country to use progressive punishment – Switzerland holds the record for a speeding fine, at $1,091,340 USD (1,080,000 Swiss francs) – it also offers one more reason to slow down: repeat offenders they can be sentenced to prison.
Finlandia funky:
Finns drink more coffee per capita than anyone else, with around 22kg of roasted coffee per year.
There are about 2 million saunas in Finland, a nation of 5.5 million people.
October 13 is National Failure Day in Finland, allowing everyone to learn from their mistakes, like speeding, perhaps.
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